Clean bodied 1985 Toyota 4Runner

[Brucker]

With the shop being busy as usual, and everyone around here still trying to rebuild after the flooding, we haven’t posted a build thread in a while. Thought it might be about time to change that. I have been looking for a clean, unmodified first generation 4runner to replace the little blue shop truck. After a long search I purchased this 1985 4Runner off another local forum. It was fairly clean, only some minor rust damage in the rear fenders, had low miles (125K), but had an engine in it that had dropped its timing chain. Since it needed the work, the price was right, so I jumped on it.

Here are a few photos of it as I originally found it:

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[Brucker]

The 4Runner must be in decent condition as it started attracting a lot of attention. People were stopping in to inquire about it. One of those people is a very good friend and client. He was able to convince me that he needed/wanted it more than I did, and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Then we sat down and figured out a build plan for it based on his budget. He has some pretty lofty (read expensive) goals, so the plan includes a couple different phases that can be completed as funds become available.

Phase 1: Making it road worthy

With the timing chain being broken in the motor, and not knowing the details of the rest of the internals of the motor, we made the decision to pull the motor and replace it with a good running, low mileage motor we had taking up space in the shop. Got the old one out and the new one installed and running in under 4 hours, and even with having to swap engine wiring harnesses around, it was a new shop record for me. But in my haste, I didn’t take many photos. The next morning I was able to run it down to our local Air Care Colorado emissions testing center and got it to pass emissions flawlessly.

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[Brucker]

Phase 2: Lift, lockers, gearing, armor, and more

With the 4Runner finally running well, we are able to move forward with build. 4Runners offer quite a bit for those looking for a fairly capable rig right from the factory. And some would argue that the 1985 model year would be the most capable of them all as it offered not only fuel injection, a boxed frame, and the normal Toyota ruggedness, but also a highly desirable solid front axle.

Our client’s wish list for this phase includes lift enough to handle 35” tires, with the slight possibility of going to 37” tires at some point. The 4Runner would still need to be able to drive down the road and handle like it did from the factory, if not better. It needed the stock “push/pull” steering upgraded to crossover. He wanted selectable lockers with appropriate gearing front and rear. Wanted custom armor all around, to include both bumpers, sliders, and a simple cage tied to the frame for the front passengers. We took these desires and total budget into consideration when putting together the components list.

We decided to go with Trail Gear’s Classic 4” lift for the front and rear. They offer a fairly complete kit that includes things like IFS steering box mount, shock hoops, axle armor and truss, and complete crossover Hi-steering, as well as new, wider and longer leaf springs all around and all new hangers, shackles, shocks, stainless brake lines, and most hardware needed. Then we would install ARB air lockers front and rear with 5.29 gearing to help move and give traction to the new larger tires.. To all this we would add an IFS steering box, a set of 35” Dick Cepek tires on new FJ wheels, Spidertrax 1.5” wheel spacers all ‘round to finish out the suspension components.

We would then be fabricating a custom plate style front bumper, a custom set of sliders, and a 4 point cage that will be tied into the frame with bushings. And we will be finishing off the armor with a slightly modified rear Trail Gear bumper. And of course we can’t forget to mention that our client wanted us to take care of any and all rust. And he also wanted some custom bedliner work for the interior and lower sections of the body.

Received the first shipment of goods from Trail Gear, lift kits and bumper:

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And then the second shipment from them, new loaded 3rd members, arrived shortly after:

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With parts finally arriving, we made some room in the shop and brought the 4Runner back in and got it off the ground onto some stands

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Just noticed my new favorite accessory of this fine rig. An original Denver Broncos logo sticker on the rear window:

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[94ToyBear]

When it comes time for high streer and a front axke rebuild kit I got what you need new and never used. If your customer is intrested let me know I will give him or you a better deal. Allpro high stree and trail gear rebuild kit. Nice runner btw very clean !

[Brucker]

When it comes time for high streer and a front axke rebuild kit I got what you need new and never used. If your customer is intrested let me know I will give him or you a better deal. Allpro high stree and trail gear rebuild kit. Nice runner btw very clean !

Thanks but if you read in my last post, I mention that the Trail Gear Kit includes all of that.

[94ToyBear]

Duuuuuh I seen that !! Hahah ooops sorry ! Keep up the pics. Looks like a good time !

[Brucker]

Tear down begins

We first removed the fabulously 80’s wheels and tires.

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Then started removing the original spare tire assembly. The factory chain hoist that holds the spare is still in perfect working order. Amazing, since these are usually locked up, and/or destroyed by rust. Gotta love an original Colorado Car!

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Then removed the rear drive shaft and shocks:

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Out came the rear axle. Amazing how small these rear's were. Surprising strong for their size as well.

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Then we put the rear in full hover mode by removing the rear springs:

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And the rear bumper gets removed:

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The take-off's pile is getting large already:

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[Haku]

Sweet....looks like a great build man. Haven't seen ya around much lately (and I've been gone too). This will be a cool rig when you are done for sure.

Did you manage to sell the Blue truck too or is that still kicking around?

[blueYODA]

Hey brucker...in that growing pile of extra parts you got going would there be enough for me to piece together a SAS for my toyota??

[Brucker]

Sweet....looks like a great build man. Haven't seen ya around much lately (and I've been gone too). This will be a cool rig when you are done for sure.

Did you manage to sell the Blue truck too or is that still kicking around?

Hey Josh! Hope all is well. Yup, busier than crap still and my boss is an a$$hole, so I haven't had much time for the interwebby. The little blue shop truck is still around and my main wheeler. Once this project is finished up, I think I will be looking to start on something new for myself. After selling this 4Runner I started looking for another and came to the realization that I would be happiest with a small, lightweight buggy. Pretty much like you predicted. Imagine that ;)

[Brucker]

Hey brucker...in that growing pile of extra parts you got going would there be enough for me to piece together a SAS for my toyota??

I know for a fact that I could pretty much assemble a mini truck or two out of the spare parts I have laying around here. Probably have a couple extra vin's with titles too. What exactly are you looking for?

[blueYODA]

Should be getting my hands on a solid axle in a week or 2 and even if its still at stock height i figured having that under it would b a step better than the IFS. Not exactly sure what i would need.

[Popsgarage]

Springs, shackles and hangers should do it!

[Brucker]

Should be getting my hands on a solid axle in a week or 2 and even if its still at stock height i figured having that under it would b a step better than the IFS. Not exactly sure what i would need.


Springs, shackles and hangers should do it!

And also steering, drive shaft, u bolts, brake lines, shock hoops, shocks, spring spacer, degree shims, and sometimes wheel spacers. Then you just need the ability to fabricate (Knowledge to put things in the same planes and keep things square) and weld and you should be good to go.

[Popsgarage]

And also steering, drive shaft, u bolts, brake lines, shock hoops, shocks, spring spacer, degree shims, and sometimes wheel spacers. Then you just need the ability to fabricate (Knowledge to put things in the same planes and keep things square) and weld and you should be good to go.

To do crossover steering on the SAS Toyota's you use the IFS steering box, correct. And I completely forgot about the drivers side spring shim, brake lines, shock hoops and other incidentals. Things I'd know I'd need, but not everyone does. But Aaron has a good point about keeping things square and in the same planes, though. I take the welding thing for granted 'cause I have the tools to do that myself.

[Brucker]

To do crossover steering on the SAS Toyota's you use the IFS steering box, correct.

Yup, but you also need steering arms, a tie rod, drag link, and a different pitman arm. And another super useful items needed would be the frame jigs for the front shackle mounts.

[Brucker]

Having most of the major components removed from the rear, we begin tear down on the front. First things first, we removed the air box to gain better access to the steering box.

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Then the front bumper:

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Try to remove the pitman arm from the box:

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And since the arm won't budge even with penetrating fluid, we decide to cut the dragink. Then we remove the anti sway bar from the frame.

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Removed the box from the frame:

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Out comes the front drive shaft:

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And the anti sway bar and shocks:

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Then removed the front axle assembly:

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[Brucker]

Front spring hangers need to be removed, so they get cut off with the springs still attached. Then the shackles are unbolted from the frame.

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Then we smooth out the areas of the frame where the front hangers were. Before:

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[Brucker]

Front axle heads outside to be pressure washed. For as clean as this ride is, the drive train has been completely filthy. The engine was horrible, but the axles are worse. Really need a good bath.

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You can easily see the grime that was rinsed off:

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Axle drying in the sun:

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Then I forklift the axle back in a set it on a rolling work bench:

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and get it set up and stands:

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And bring it back into the middle of the shop where we will begin it's tear down

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[Haku]

Hey Josh! Hope all is well. Yup, busier than crap still and my boss is an a$$hole, so I haven't had much time for the interwebby. The little blue shop truck is still around and my main wheeler. Once this project is finished up, I think I will be looking to start on something new for myself. After selling this 4Runner I started looking for another and came to the realization that I would be happiest with a small, lightweight buggy. Pretty much like you predicted. Imagine that ;)

Wait...aren't you the boss? :P

Cool...good to hear man, as much as being swamped at work is, its gotta be nice to have steady work too. I still need to get off my ass and get me truck done, and I think December and January will be the time for me. I bought that 1 ton axle and am contemplating swapping that in at some point, which would leave me the FJ80 front axle to use elsewhere, and I was thinking about a super light one or two seat buggy eventually with steering Yota axles front and rear, so we are on the same page for sure. If you are gonna do a chassis and feel like making two, I might be interested in collaborating and cost sharing on that.

Dave, I have a front Yota axle housing that I'd sell. I had a birf blow up and it kind of scraped up the inside of the knuckle ball on once side, but I think most of it can be cleaned up with a die grinding and flap disc and a decent oil seal. It is trussed and has knuckle gussets, and has been modified to fit the Toyota Elocker too. I think I have some stock axle shafts and such too, but you would have to source a 3rd member as I used the one from that axle in my FJ80 axle. I have a pair or knuckles but sold my steering arms. Get some high steer arms or go with the 6 shooter Trail Gear setup and a drag link and tie rod and it will work well with the steering box you already have on your truck.

Not sure what I want for all that, but if you are interested feel free to make an offer. Most of it has just been collecting dust in my storage unit, so I'd probably let it go for a pretty reasonable price.

[Brucker]

Draining the fluid

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Removing the calipers

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Driver side hub will need to be replaced as it is missing some vital parts, like the springs...

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Axle shafts and birfs removed

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[Brucker]

3rd member removed

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removed the stock tie rod

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Then cut off the steering stabilizer, sway bar mounts, and traction bar mount

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And cleaned up the axle housing for the new weld on components:

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Painted the backside of the new components

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And tack welded the new components in place

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Something that is not included in the kit are steering stop reinforcements. And most will tell you they are a must with larger tires and from the abuses shown through wheeling. So we quickly made up some and tacked the into place

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[Brucker]

With the new weld on components tacked into place, we aligned our axle jig into the housing and commenced welding everything together.

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steering stop reinforcements

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diff protection

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truss

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All cleaned up

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[Popsgarage]

Pretty sweet!

[Brad]

Coming along nicely!

[Brucker]

Pretty sweet!


Coming along nicely!

Thanks for the kind words

[Brucker]

Time to install the hi-steer arms. As they came:

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Removed the factory arms along with the shims and studs.

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No need to go with upgraded studs as long as the stock ones are in good condition and are properly torqued along with applying a chemical thread locker.

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Hi-steer arms installed

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[Brucker]

New loaded 3rd member from Trail gear. I will let the photos speak for themselves:

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3rd member installed and sealed:

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Prepping axle for paint:

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And the axle freshly back out of the paint booth:

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And not liking the way one knuckle moved, we double checked our preload set by shims using a scale. Factory manual states it should be set at 15lbs of resistance but we are happy with the 14.5 lbs we have:

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[carpenle]

Very nice work.

[Patrolman]

Nice work! I am sure there won't be any disappointment in this build!

[Popsgarage]

Nice!

[Brucker]

Thanks again for the kind words.

It was brought to my attention that I left out a small portion of the axle rebuild. I was updating late at night and accidentally skipped over the part where all ne trunnion bearings and shims were used in reassembly. But I can assure you they were. Everything bearing, race, and seal wise will be new. Thanks for catching my mistake! :beer:

[Popsgarage]

Looks good. Should have a happy customer!

[redneck23ms]

looks good. not going to add the knuckle ball gussets?

[Brucker]

looks good. not going to add the knuckle ball gussets?

Nope. Only reason we would have installed some are if they came within the kit so we wouldn't be wasteful. Our experience has shown that they are not needed unless going to a bigger tire than currently planned, and/or taking it through Baja paces (ie jumping it). But then different knuckles would be needed as well in order to hold up over time.

[The StRanger]

Very nice work Aaron !!!

[Brucker]

Thanks again for the kind words.

Installed new seals and then both side axle shafts and birfs with plenty of grease. Always a messy job.

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Then assembled everything in reverse order from above, including a hub from off our spare parts shelf to replace the broken unit.

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You should notice we did not do an upgrade to the IFS vented rotors at this time to save a little cash. It will get done during a future routine brake job. Axle ready to put back under the rig:

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Changing gears a little, we take a look at the Trail Gear front spring hanger. It is about 1.5 to 2 times thicker than the factory hangers making it super beefy for this application:

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With the frame having already been prepped, we are able to make a few measurements and clamp the assembly into position:

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And weld it into place:

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[Brucker]

Next up per Trail Gear is welding the bump stops to the spring plates.

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Now we can move onto the IFS steering box conversion. As it looks before we start, with the stock steering box already removed.

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Removed the rubber filler piece:

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Trail Gear's IFS steering mount kit:

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Plates clamped into place as far forward on the frame as possible:

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To create some working room, we unbolt the radiator from its supports but still leave it connected entirely to the motor so we won't lose any fluids. Then we gentle lift it out of our way using a strap and an engine host:

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With the holes marked, we drill through the frame and weld the round tubes into the frame and smooth it all out:

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Install the new steering box mount plates securely to the frame. Then test fit the IFS steering box to make sure the pitman arm clears.

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[Brucker]

Everything clears so it is time to weld up the assembly:

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And added gussets to each side of the frame just behind the new spring hanger assembly:

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Once all the welds had cooled we returned the radiator to it normal mounting position. We will hold off on installing the box again as we will still need to install shook hoops.

[blueYODA]

Have you used trail gear kits before?? How is the ride and how well do they flex??

[Brucker]

Have you used trail gear kits before?? How is the ride and how well do they flex??

Dealt with quite a few. Both full SAS kits and ones like shown above. They flex well and the ride is as good if not better than from the factory.

Here are a couple photos of a 87 4Runner we finished up around last Christmas. We used the 5" SAS kit. It works well. The .gif's should give you a decent idea of it in action

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[blueYODA]

Thanks Brucker. Any idea how they may compare to the other SAS kits available???

[Brucker]

Thanks Brucker. Any idea how they may compare to the other SAS kits available???

That would depend on the kit, or kits, to which you are referring. In this application, and many other, the Trail Gear kit offered the most complete kit for the money while still providing decent components.

[blueYODA]

Trail Gear and All Pro are the 2 big ones that stand out to me. But I am hoping to put in a heavier Chevy axle instead of a Toyota

[Brucker]

Time to install the new front suspension. Here is a look at the front components we will be focusing on. Notice the spring plates that we already welded the bump stops onto have been already coated.

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The new shackles include all new bushings and grease-able hardware. Some are not huge fans of the grease-able bolts as they are inherently weaker than a solid bolt. But our experience has shown that they are more than strong enough in this application. And that people are more likely to maintain (grease) their bushings when it is so easy for them to do so.

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And then we are able to hang the front axle from the new springs.

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Installed the wheel/tire combo the client has chosen to go with. FJ Crusier wheels with 35" Dick Cepek mud terrains. First look at it sitting on the 35's

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We still need to install wheels spacers on the front axle, but they haven't arrived yet.

[Popsgarage]

Lookin' good!

[Brucker]

We start off tackling the rear by a little more disassembling. We remove the stock gas tank skid:

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Then remove the fuel tank after marking each side of all the lines with different colored tape to assure perfect reassembly. May seem a tad unnecessary but this is done so there will be no confusion later.

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We now focus our attention to the removal of the stock spring and shackle hangers.

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We lay out the new mounting positions for each spring hanger as per TG's instructions and tack weld them into place. TG offers two different mounting locations for the shackle hangers. One for the pickup (lighter applications) and one for the 4Runners (heavier applications). But based on our experience with these kits we chose to ignore both recommendations and located them to our own specifications. This will lead to a better shackle angle and take care of the "rear sag" problems most 4Runners have when all is said and done.

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We will fully weld everything at a later date after some test fitting.

[Brucker]

On to the rear axle. This one goes a lot quicker than the front. But we also won't be finishing it up completely right now. We will be stripping it down and then just tack welding the new spring perches until we can get in under the vehicle to set the correct pinion angle. We start by setting the axle up on stands which are on top of one of our rolling work surfaces.

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Then remove the brake lines

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And drained the diff fluid

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Checking the factory pinon angle so we can get a better guesstimate on where to preset the new perches

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Then removed the factory perches with a plasma cutter

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And cleaned up the housing in preparation for the new perches

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A look at the new perches. Much beefier than stock, and feature 3 different mounting locations for the center pin of the springs

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Tack welding the new perches into place

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[Brucker]

Shifting our focus onto the rear suspension, but mainly just on these components:

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We have already coated the spring plates and you will notice the hardware is the same as the front.

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Somewhere along the way of this 4Runner's life, she got an aftermarket exhaust system. The rear hanger for it will interfere with the new shackle hanger location. So we removed the exhaust hanger until we can determine how it needs to be modified.

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We then installed the new springs and shackles

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And hang the rear axle

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We mounted the other two tires and wheels and were able to let it support it's own weight once again.

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We still need to check/set the pinion angle and then we can pull it all apart to finish building the rear axle and fully weld the new hangers. But we are happy with the new stance.

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[Popsgarage]

Sweet!!!!!!!!

[carpenle]

Looking great!

[Rick]

lookin good!!:thumb:

[Brucker]

Thank you all for the kind words. Still have a LONG way to go with this one before I can get it out of the shop, and the owner just added on another couple of things he wanted me to do this time around. He is very happy with the way things are coming together, which makes me happy. And the next couple of steps of this build are the more enjoyable ones for me. The custom fabrication stuff, where I get to be creative. Good times!

[88Toy]

That is a gorgeous rig. The owner will be thrilled with all you've done!

[Patrolman]

Nice work!

[Brucker]

Missed highlighting this one with the front axle. Installed the tie rod into the hi-steer arms. Left the drag link out until we install the steering box. I will let the photos do the explaining

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[Brucker]

Time to install the rear bumper. We chose to go with the Trail Gear rear bumper as it was priced low but still offered plenty of protection. The owner would like to have something custom made to replace it on a later date, so we will be leaving it alone (no modifications), except for coating it in paint.

Here is a look at the bumper freshly unpacked from shipping

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A look at the rear without any bumper

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And with the bumper installed

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Next week we should be able to get into the fun stuff, some custom fabrication!

[Atl-atl]

This is beautiful!

So if I were to drop off a similar truck and say do exactly that again. Are you willing to post a round number cost for a build like this? I have no experience with Toyotas and I'm curious how the cost for a build compares to Jeeps. If you don't want to post a number can you PM me a number?

[Haku]

This is beautiful!

So if I were to drop off a similar truck and say do exactly that again. Are you willing to post a round number cost for a build like this? I have no experience with Toyotas and I'm curious how the cost for a build compares to Jeeps. If you don't want to post a number can you PM me a number?

I can't say what the labor cost is, but a cookie cutter build of this rig with the parts he has shown so far is around $6000 with suspension, bumpers and sliders, gearing and lockers and other miscellaneous stuff (you could go with cheaper lockers and be a lot less). Most people I know don't go full on like this all in one build, but for the outcome and capability you get it is quite economical as fully built offroad rigs go. The above cost is assuming you are buying off the shelf stuff and not making anything yourself. It is possible to do it much cheaper if you are willing to use Junkyard parts and make parts yourself (which assumes your own time is free...not the case with everyone when they have to take time off work to do it).

Aaron works fast, but I'm gonna guess at least 70-100 hours of work done to complete this build. I've definitely seen builds where a couple of guys tackled the front end install in a weekend and the back end in another weekend. Not sure what he has in store for the custom fab work, which I'm looking forward to seeing as well.

80's to 90's Toyota minitrucks are one of a small group of vehicles out there that you can buy for $1-2k and throw a few grand in parts at and be able to do pretty much any trail in Colorado with them.

[Brucker]

This is beautiful!

So if I were to drop off a similar truck and say do exactly that again. Are you willing to post a round number cost for a build like this? I have no experience with Toyotas and I'm curious how the cost for a build compares to Jeeps. If you don't want to post a number can you PM me a number?

I don't feel comfortable in revealing exactly what one of my clients paid for a certain project and I won't out of respect for their privacy. If the owner decides to let people know, then I am perfectly fine with it. I leave it up to them. Hope you understand.

I do however provide free quotations everyday. These are ballpark numbers that can help one budget for a certain build or project. When estimating such projects a decent rule of thumb (for "cookie cutter" builds without any custom fabrication) is that the labor costs would be somewhere in the 50-100% of the total parts bill not including vehicle purchase price. This is not true with everything, but for this quick example it works beautifully. Josh has it about right. Though I have no idea what others charge. My shop rate is $80/hour. And parts off Trail Gear's website for everything featured thus far is in the $5-7K range. The past couple Trail Gear "cookie cutter" (again, no custom fabrication) 4Runner builds, of this era, have been in the $9-15K range, parts and labor, out the door.

***Cookie Cutter builds= complete off the shelf suspensions, bumpers, sliders, gears, lockers, dual case adapters, skid plates, steering, etc. with little to no custom fabrication needed.

If you have a certain project in mind and would like to discuss it in further detail, just let me know and we can set up an appointment for you. Hope that this helps.

[Brucker]

Before we can start working on a front bumper, we need to strengthen the front cross member/spring hanger/frame section. To complete this we will fabricate a support plate for the area and weld it into place. This will add the needed strength as well as tie everything together neatly.

We begin by cleaning the area in question up and taking down the high spots in the existing welds in order for the new plate to fit properly.

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We then take the necessary measurements for widths and heights and also hole placement. Then lay those out onto our material. The material we went with is 3/16" mild steel.

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Then we cut the plate into the rough shape with one of our plasma cutters.

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Cleaned up the edges and punched the through holes for the bumper mounting hardware

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Mounted the plate into position using the factory hardware for the bumper

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And then fully welded the plate into position and cleaned up our welds

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Hope to be able to start on the front bumper design and fabrication soon. The shop is still crazy busy and other projects seem to keep taking precedence. The owner also just added another couple things to the "must do" list for us this time around. More details soon :evil:

[Brucker]

Our client prefers plate style bumpers over most tube style bumpers. But he doesn't like what is currently available on the market (too big and bulky like the ones made by ARB). So he gave us the green light to let our creative shine and dream up and fabricate something just for him.

Here are the few guidelines he gave us:

-must be a plate style bumper
-must have accommodations for some flush mount lighting
-must offer great protection while staying close and tight
-prefers open winch design over it being enclosed
-Use an XRC8000 winch with synthetic line

While trying to take everything into account, we are able to come up with a rough idea of what we are after. Though, keep in mind we are going to be creating this on the fly so things may change as we go. I will let the photos do most of the talking, but will try to highlight some areas with some more explanation. But as always, if you have any questions as to why we did something a certain way or about anything really, just ask.

We start by designing a simple "backbone" for the bumper that will be bolted directly to the frame

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We then layout, cut, drill, and bend up a simple winch tray

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Test fitting the tray to the backbone

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We then bolt the backbone onto the 4Runner using the factory hardware

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[88Toy]

That ain't much of a bumper...:D

[Popsgarage]

Interesting. Looking forward to the progress. And pics.:D What machine do you have for a plate bender????????????

[Brucker]

Tack welded the tray onto the backbone

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Designed and cut the top plates for the wings

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Tack welded a couple risers and the top to each wing into place

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Then added the front plate. You notice it's odd shape as it will hold the fairlead and it has provisions cut on the sides for some flush mount LED lighting from Rigid Industries

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And a couple more plates fab'ed up and tacked into place on each side. An internal vertical support and the first pieces of the sloped section of the front face.

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[Brucker]

Now with the addition of the aluminum hawse fairlead. The front bumper is starting to take shape, though, keep in mind that we are making this one up as we go. This means you might see a few changes as we progress.

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We cut a couple pieces of angle iron for the front face then tack welded the angle into place and modified the front plate to add a slight slope upwards.

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Another set of internal vertical support plates tacked into place on each side.

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[Brucker]

That ain't much of a bumper...:D

Patience. Got interrupted while posting updates. More to come soon :)

[Brucker]

Interesting. Looking forward to the progress. And pics.:D What machine do you have for a plate bender????????????

I actually own 5 different break presses. All different styles and sizes. The bends in which you are referring to were done on the smallest setup which was put together from a kit bought from Swag Offroad.

[88Toy]

Patience. Got interrupted while posting updates. More to come soon :)

I know. This is gonna be sweet

[88Toy]

I actually own 5 different break presses. All different styles and sizes. The bends in which you are referring to were done on the smallest setup which was put together from a kit bought from Swag Offroad.

Hey, Pops, isn't that the one you pointed out a while back on a different thread? Good to see when something actually works.

[Popsgarage]

a kit bought from Swag Offroad.

I've been looking at their finger/box brake for home. Some friends had a small Piranha at their metal fab shop that I could use if needed. Sadly, they no longer have it. Loved that machine. Dimple dies, hole punches, shear and brake. The only problem with it was the fact that it'd only bend a 8" wide piece. And the brake jaw operated like a scissor, so it'd only bend a clean 90 degree.

[Rick]

nice work Aaron

[Brucker]

nice work Aaron

Thanks for the kind words

[Brucker]

Picking up from where we left off, we add the last couple of inner vertical supports to each side

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With all of the inner pieces tack welded into position, we are able to make the rest of the plates to finish out the front faces.

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[Brucker]

The next plates installed on both sides

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And the last set of plates for the front faces tacked into position

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[Brucker]

I've been looking at their finger/box brake for home. Some friends had a small Piranha at their metal fab shop that I could use if needed. Sadly, they no longer have it. Loved that machine. Dimple dies, hole punches, shear and brake. The only problem with it was the fact that it'd only bend a 8" wide piece. And the brake jaw operated like a scissor, so it'd only bend a clean 90 degree.

The SWAG benders (and kits) are decent for what they are and the money he wants for them. They too have their limitations though. They can only bend up to a 3" section of 3/8" thick material and maxes out out 19" sections of 3/16" or thinner mild steel. And it REALLY struggles with the thicker stuff. They are also very limit as far as dies. You only get the one bottom die so you are limited with it's depth as you can not change it out. Hence the reasons behind my multiple pieces of equipment.

[Cr33p3r]

Man Aaron that thing has taken on a whole differrent look since I saw it last time I was up there. Looks great, like how you designed the front bumper.

[Brucker]

Man Aaron that thing has taken on a whole differrent look since I saw it last time I was up there. Looks great, like how you designed the front bumper.

Thanks for the kind words. Was originally planning on having it done and out the door by Christmas, but with all the extras just added on, and the other projects going on, I am now hoping for early spring. And that is if the parts actually get here as scheduled, which I have learned doesn't always happen. Again, thanks for the kind words. Looking forward to seeing your new ride when it arrives.

[Patrolman]

Nice work on the bumper! Just curious what the green machine is in the background.

[Popsgarage]

Hey, Pops, isn't that the one you pointed out a while back on a different thread?

Yep!!!!!!!

[Brucker]

Nice work on the bumper! Just curious what the green machine is in the background.

Thank you.

As for the green machine, I believe you are referring to one of my lathes. It is a Monarch 16" x 6' built in 1927 and still works like a champ. I am fortunate enough to know it's entire history and have documentation backing it all all. It was purchased the year it was manufactured by GM, specifically by the machine shop my Grandfather worked in and ended up running. When GM decommissioned it in the 70's, my Grandfather purchased it for personal use in his home shop. He then passed it on to me in the Summer of '12 as he decided he could not use it safely anymore at the age of 92. So I drove out to MI and hauled it home.


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There are a bunch more photos of it, my journey to get it and back, and of some of the original tooling I received with it here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.465856296758095.111501.230593130284414&type=3

[Popsgarage]

The SWAG benders (and kits) are decent for what they are and the money he wants for them. They too have their limitations though. They can only bend up to a 3" section of 3/8" thick material and maxes out out 19" sections of 3/16" or thinner mild steel. And it REALLY struggles with the thicker stuff. They are also very limit as far as dies. You only get the one bottom die so you are limited with it's depth as you can not change it out.

Was wondering if anyone else thought this, or if it was just me. For the money and what I'll do with it and your review, I think I'll finally pull the trigger. I've heard good things about everything he sells and his customer service is really good as well. His infinite 8 for the JD2 model 32 I have works really well. He had a really good idea with that one. Kinda like his tubing roller. Who'd a thought that Harbor Freight stuff would be something someone would use as a shop tool.

[Brucker]

The last pieces that we will add while the bumper is on the vehicle are the D ring (or shackle) mounts. Not only will they provide the obvious, they also will provide a LOT of strength and rigidity to the winch tray itself. We use our mill to cut the desired thru hole size.

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You gotta love it when you get chips like this. Not only do you know the speeds and feeds are set right, you know there wasn't any chatter and cleanup is SO much easier.
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The plates fresh out off the mill:

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We didn't have the right tubing in stock for the next parts. So instead of ordering a whole stick of material and having to wait on it's delivery of next week, we decided to cut our own. We happened to have some thicker walled tubing of the same OD which we could easily modify. So we put a length into one of our lathes and went to work:

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[Brucker]

With the tubing now having the correct ID, we pull it out of the lathe and part off the two pieces we need using a horizontal band saw so the lathe could get back to work on making the parts we had interrupted.

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The left over section of tubing shows just how much material we needed to remove:

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Then insert the tubing into the plates that were just made
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And then welded them together

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The hangers will be able to except the more common sizes of D rings in this industry, 5/8", 3/4", and 7/8" shackles

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Now we are able to tack weld them into place

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[Atl-atl]

Thank you.

As for the green machine, I believe you are referring to one of my lathes. It is a Monarch 16" x 6' built in 1927 and still works like a champ. I am fortunate enough to know it's entire history and have documentation backing it all all. It was purchased the year it was manufactured by GM, specifically by the machine shop my Grandfather worked in and ended up running. When GM decommissioned it in the 70's, my Grandfather purchased it for personal use in his home shop. He then passed it on to me in the Summer of '12 as he decided he could not use it safely anymore at the age of 92. So I drove out to MI and hauled it home.

How cool is that! I think its safe to say "metal is in your blood."

[carpenle]

Band saw, lathe, mill, man I am jelioius :bowdown: I really like the story behind the green lathe. I have an old antique Atlas 10" Model D metal lathe, that was manufactured in 1936 and still works.

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[Brucker]

I think I'll finally pull the trigger

Merry Christmas to you! You should be happy with it as long as you remember that you get what you pay for ;) Good luck with it!


How cool is that! I think its safe to say "metal is in your blood."

Funny thing is, I grew up in a house where my father didn't even change his own oil. He knew how but never did, it was beneath him. He didn't earn those degrees and work hard so he would have to work on his own car. All of my siblings are academics, having multiple degrees and now all teach. I was the black sheep in the family (still am, I guess) and went out of my way to learn things the "hard" way. And along the way the only things I really liked were transportation and metal. And since transportation items are really just a form of metalwork, playing with metal just kinda took over.


I have an old antique Atlas 10" Model D metal lathe, that was manufactured in 1936 and still works.

Very cool! Do you use it? What kind of tooling do you have for it?

[Cr33p3r]

That ol green lathe is a cool piece of machinery, enjoyed checking it out when we was up there. Now I am wishing I wouldn't have sold my old Milling machine. I do need to get back up to your place soon and look at a few of the machines you built cause I need to build a couple of them for the garage.

[Brucker]

That ol green lathe is a cool piece of machinery, enjoyed checking it out when we was up there. Now I am wishing I wouldn't have sold my old Milling machine. I do need to get back up to your place soon and look at a few of the machines you built cause I need to build a couple of them for the garage.

Anytime, hope you know that. What do you want to check out? I probably have photos and detailed build threads somewhere, on most of the stuff I have built. Let me know and I can point you in the right direction until you are able to get up here again.

[carpenle]

Very cool! Do you use it? What kind of tooling do you have for it?

I use it very rarely and have thought about selling it. I have all the different gears to change threads per inch, a steady rest, live center, drill chuck, several holders, bits, boaring bar, etc... I made a stand and it is on wheels, so it can be moved.

[Brucker]

The majority of the work left on the front bumper will be done with it off of the vehicle. With it removed and sitting of the fab table, you are able to see the inner support structure better.

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Our focus turns towards making the mounting plates for the flush mount lighting from Rigid Industries. We have used their products on multiple builds now and they have yet to disappoint. Some of the best lighting, if not the best, you can buy. Here is a shot from an earlier build showing what one of their 50" light bars can do:

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On this bumper we will be using a set of their Dually D2 driving lights. They won't pack quite the punch as the 50" above, but should produce more than enough illumination for our needs. Here is one fresh out of the package:

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We make a set of mounting plates

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Then bend up some round rod to use as spacers so the lights will be truly flush with the front face of the bumper

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We make the final cuts to the plates and start to fit the rod

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Once the rod is welded to the plates, we smooth the edges

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Added cage nuts

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And test fit them into place

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We then clamp the bumper to the fab table and tack weld the mounting plates and front face plate into place

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[Popsgarage]

And now I understand why you made the mounting holes for the lights bigger than what you originally had made them. Looking good.:thumb:

[xaza]

Very nice bumper indeed!

[Popsgarage]

Did you buy or build your table???????? 'Cause that would be a handy addition to the garage.

[The StRanger]

Sweet.

[Brucker]

Very nice bumper indeed!


And now I understand why you made the mounting holes for the lights bigger than what you originally had made them. Looking good.:thumb:


Sweet.

Thanks for the kind words.

[Brucker]

Did you buy or build your table???????? 'Cause that would be a handy addition to the garage.

I built my fab table. It is a 4' x 8' table with a 1/2" thick top. The top surface is 41" off the ground. That might sound fairly tall but it saves my back from always having to bend over when working. The main structure is 3" x 3" x 1/4" sq tubing. And the large casters (2 straight, 2 pivoting) are greaseable and each have a 1500 lbs capacity meaning it can support quite a bit of weight. The top surface is flat within about .020" in any direction. I have a 5" x 5" bolt hole pattern drilled and tapped in it. Under the top surface is storage of different types. I have built literally thousands of different things off this table from tube chassis to hot rods, from high speed radar systems to automotive turn tables.

I have built several other tables now, but will find I still like this one the best. Great size for my current shop. Once I get into a bigger shop I have plans to build a couple more fab tables. These would be smaller 4' x 4' tables with tighter grid patterns of thru holes. They will be hydraulic lift tables with manual lock outs at different heights. They would still have casters and be able to support a ton of weight. They would make great additions as they could be used together and also with my current setup for one large flat work surface , or act as smaller fab tables for multiple jobs at once.

Edit: I built more own as a cost savings. When I was looking, no one offered anything like it for a reasonable price. Nothing that large anyways. BUt now many companies are offering some cool products. And when you research pricing to do it yourself and add that to the time it will take you to build your own, they seem pretty cost effective.

Miller now sells their portable welded/fab table found here: http://store.millerwelds.com/commerce/product?ProdID=300837
or their work stations found here: http://store.cyberweld.com/miar30swo.html?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_source=googlebase&cvsfa=2530&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=6d696172333073776f&gclid=CMKwqYuG1rsCFSVgMgodDHkAKw
and here: http://store.millerwelds.com/commerce/product?ProdID=951413

or I just saw these in Northern's catalog. I haven't had any experience with them but they are priced right, especially with the extra tooling that comes with: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200609587_200609587?cm_mmc=Google-pla-_-Welding-_-Welding%20Accessories-_-37896&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=37896&gclid=CP2U0oWH1rsCFSISMwodEBkAdA

[Popsgarage]

Must weigh close to 500 pounds or more, but man, would it be handy for clamping projects down and keeping them flat while welding. How long did it take you to drill and tap the top????

[Brucker]

Must weigh close to 500 pounds or more, but man, would it be handy for clamping projects down and keeping them flat while welding. How long did it take you to drill and tap the top????

Very heavy. Very sturdy. But I can still easily move it around the shop myself. The layout was easy but fairly time consuming as I did it by hand and must have double checked myself a dozen or so times. Drilling didn't take too long. Couple nice, new bits, and a mag drill, made easy work of it. And the tapping took no time at all with my Flexarm Tapping Arm(one of the best pieces of equipment I own).

[Popsgarage]

Mag drill would help with punching the holes for sure. I'd have to hand tap every hole though. I did look at some of the plans for the Miller, Lincoln and a few other table. Wouldn't be a hard project, just a bit time consuming. Which tapping arm do you have and what was the cost?

[Brucker]

Mag drill would help with punching the holes for sure. I'd have to hand tap every hole though. I did look at some of the plans for the Miller, Lincoln and a few other table. Wouldn't be a hard project, just a bit time consuming. Which tapping arm do you have and what was the cost?

I have a FlexArm RNR20 (http://flexarminc.thomasnet.com/viewitems/pneumatic-tapping-machines/rnr20-pneumatic-tapping-machines). You may notice it attached to the fab table in some of the photos. Great machines as long as you have to compressor to back it up. It needs something stupid like 16 CFM. Most 5 hp 60 gal compressors only put out 14-16 max. I think I paid something in the $5-6k range with some extras for it. I figured it paid for itself in the first 6 months of labor saved over hand tapping. And it works much better and is way more versatile than my old tap-matic.

[Popsgarage]

Cool, thanks for the information!

[Brucker]

With the bumper still clamped to the fab table, we cut another set of plates to be used as inner gusseting. These will be positioned along the front faces and the winch tray. It will give added support if/when we decide to put a hoop onto the bumper for extra winch and radiator protection.

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The next steps would include finishing the backbone of the bumper. This will require a slight modification to what already exists. So we need to unclamp it from the fab table. After doing so, I decided to add in the caps for the angle iron pieces on the front face. So I cut the 4 pieces needed and tack welded them into place

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Then made the slight modification to the existing backbone structure. Before:

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Then bent up some round rod to finish out the top of the front face. Once fully welded into place and getting smoothed out, it will not only add strength, but a clean, finished look of a rolled edge. Here is the rod tack welded into position

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After the addition of the new pieces, we are ready to to start on the backbone once again. We once again clamp the bumper to the fab table

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[Brucker]

Continuing on with the backbone, we cut and fit into place the next couple sections

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Then a couple more until the backbone is finished out.

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Then I fully welded the inside of the bumper together. This will allow us to be able to safely sand out/smooth out all the visible welds without losing any strength. Once the bumper had fully cooled, we pull it off the fab table and install it once again onto the 4Runner. This should be our last test fit if it didn't wrap during welding and if we got all our frame and body clearances right. Here it is installed

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And one showing that the backside clears:

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[Popsgarage]

I like it!:thumb:

[carpenle]

Wow bumper looks great, awesome work!

[The StRanger]

I really ned to get off my but & start on the other Ranger .

[Beefy]

Wow, that looks great! You are one hell of a fabricator!

[88Toy]

That is awesome! Are there plans for something similar for the rear?

[Brucker]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

[Brucker]

Are there plans for something similar for the rear?

In the future. He decided to go with the TG rear bumper for now as it was cheap but still offered a decent amount of protection. Once more funds become available he plans on a "phase 2" which includes custom rear bumper with tire carrier, adding on to the planned 4 point cage making it into a 6-8 point cage, possible fuel tank relocation, and even possibly a bigger motor. But who knows. The client keeps adding things to this first phase that were originally meant for a later one, like the dual transfer cases.

[88Toy]

I like his way of thinkin'

[Brucker]

Everything looked good on the test fitting so we once again removed the bumper and clamped it to the fab table. After prepping the backbone we begin welding it solid.

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Once the backbone was fully welded together and had cooled, we drilled a hole in each side of the winch tray to accommodate the wiring for the lighting once the bottom is plated.

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Now we could finish plating the bumper. We repositioned the bumper on the fab table and clamped it into place. Then took measurements for and cut and tack welded the first set of bottom plates.

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We then continued this process:

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[Brucker]

The next couple sets of plates needed bends for the correct fitment

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[Brucker]

With the bumper still clamped to the fab table we fully welded the bottom plates in. Once cool we removed the clamps to reposition it for final welding.

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We clamped two pieces of thick tubing to the front plate (one on the front and one on the rear, pinching the front plate between them) to keep it from warping when we weld the round rod

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Then continued to reposition and clamp until the bumper was fully welded inside and out

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And started the sanding process:

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[Brucker]

Then once the majority of the rough sanding was completed, I once again bolted it onto the 4Runner for a quick look:

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[carpenle]

Great looking welds!

[Rick]

nice job!!!:thumb:

[Brucker]

Great looking welds!


nice job!!!:thumb:


Thanks for the kind words.

[Popsgarage]

Nice!!!!!!!!

[Brucker]

While the major fabrication of the bumper is complete, it is a long way from being finished. It still needs drain hole(s), as well as weld washers around the winch mounting holes, lots more sanding/clean up, the possible addition of a hood hoop/stinger, and we will be tying in the back of the bumper into the shock hoops at some point. One of the main goals in fabricating the bumper was to try to keep the added weight to a minimum. Some tube bumpers can weigh as little as 60 lbs, and knowing that some plate bumpers can come close to 200 lbs. Here is how ours' fared.

Before to show the scale was tared correctly:

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With it sitting on the scale:

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Coming in at 93 lbs makes us happy. A tad heavier than we were shooting for, but well under the ARB at 160 lbs and even better than Body Amour Products plate style bumper which comes in right at 100 lbs.

[Brucker]

Also test fit the lights today. Think they should work well:

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[The StRanger]

Damn Thats turning out "nice"

[Brucker]

Damn Thats turning out "nice"

Thank you for the nice words

[Popsgarage]

Looks good!

[Brucker]

Next up is the body work, cage and lining the interior with Herculiner. All of which will require most of the interior, as well as the top to be removed. We start with the top. Simply rig the top to be lifted by our overhead hoist, and lift up and away:

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Like most beautiful woman do, it's looking good topless:

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A quick glace at the top shows how dirty things can get with metal dust flying around constantly:

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Ahh, good ol' brown shag carpeting, can't wait to remove it:

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[Popsgarage]

Any cage work happening while it's cleaned out??????????

[Brucker]

Any cage work happening while it's cleaned out??????????

Umm, I think I will just let you re-read my last post. Don't have to read much, just the first couple words of the first sentence.

[Popsgarage]

Ummmm, somehow I didn't catch that. Must be goin' a bit blind. Or my reading retention is slipping.

[Brucker]

Ummmm, somehow I didn't catch that. Must be goin' a bit blind. Or my reading retention is slipping.

Lol, hope you know I was just giving you crap. I would have a hard time reading all my nonsense as well ;)

[Popsgarage]

I would have a hard time reading all my nonsense as well

I cling to every word and picture..................................usually.: redface:


Lol, hope you know I was just giving you crap.

And I'd be the first to give me some too.

[88Toy]

Hey, Aaron

Any work done since the last update (silly question)?

[Brucker]

Hey, Aaron

Any work done since the last update (silly question)?

Yup, work continues. Been busy with this and a couple other projects lately and haven't found the time to sort through the photos and post. Hope to later today or tomorrow.

On another note, how's the 4runner? Get a chance to mess with it at all yet?

[Brucker]

Time for some cage work. This time around, the client wanted a simple 4 point interior cage. By 4 point, we are referring to the amount of points the cage will be tied into the frame. It will be constructed out of DOM round tubing and tied into the frame using bushings. We will also be tying in the factory roll bar to the new tube work, stiffening the entire chassis. Eventually the plan is to eliminate the factory portions with new DOM throughout and adding 2 to 4 more frame tie in points.
Start off by making a few different sets of cage feet. Two sets for the A pillar and two sets for the B pillar; an interior set at each pillar as well as an exterior set. The difference between the interior plates and the exterior ones are the length and width dimensions. Having one side lager than the other will help keep the cage from easily shearing through the body during impact.
Below we show a top set of cage feet.

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Then position the plates, layout for the through holes, and drill the 4 holes at each location.

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Once both sides are fitted properly, we pull the seats again, and weld the bars to the plates as much as space allows.

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[Brucker]

Once the bars have cooled enough, we unbolt and remove them for the vehicle and finish welding them solid. He is a photo of the two bars once fully welded, cleaned up, and ready for install. You will notice each bar is bent in a different shape to accommodate each side's different mounting brackets.

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Then we install the bars into position

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With the door and bars installed, you can easily see how tight to the door the finished bars are:

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Next item was the main hoop or B pillar hoop. All bent up, notched and ready for install:

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You will notice how again, each leg is different to fit as tight as possible and allow full use of the front and rear seats:

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Tack welded into position

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Folded down rear seat still works

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[Brucker]

We prep a couple areas on the factory roll bar where we are going to tie in the new tube work.

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Then bend up and notch a couple top bars to go between the B pillar and the factory roll bar and tack them into place:

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[Cr33p3r]

Aaron other than size difference what would be wrong with leaving the factory roll bar instead of changing it out later on? Bends look really good by the way!

[Brucker]

Aaron other than size difference what would be wrong with leaving the factory roll bar instead of changing it out later on?

Nothing would be "wrong" about keeping it. It is HREW tubing that is over sized for the application, so it should be fine. We would be removing it for a number of different reasons. One you already mentioned is size and also styling. Not even taking the size issue into account, the rear part of the cage becomes much too busy looking and takes up too much precious cargo room when we extend it all the way to the rear. And I strive for form and function, not believing you need to sacrifice one for the other.

Another would be location. While the rear mounting plate location is fine, the front is directly on top of the wheel well making clearance issues with frame tie in. And it would still need another set of frame tie ins at the rear creating more work and more weight.

Yet another reason would be that although it is a larger size, it still isn't DOM tubing. There is a reason it is a standard in off road cage work.

Hope that this helps, I could pull more reasons outta my butt if you need them, but it's late and I'm tired. And I am not saying it won't end up being left the way it is. "Phase 2" may never come. The owner may end up enjoying it the way it will be done and not want to change any more to it. Weirder things have happened. ;)

[88Toy]

Please, please- no more reasons!!! I buy into the 'form and function' theory, myself.

Haven't touched the Runner yet, but you can bet your life that I'm taking notes. Got big plans for it.

BTW Aaron, I haven't forgotten the straps.

[Brucker]

Please, please- no more reasons!!! I buy into the 'form and function' theory, myself.

Haven't touched the Runner yet, but you can bet your life that I'm taking notes. Got big plans for it.

BTW Aaron, I haven't forgotten the straps.


Ha! So funny story, I did. The other day I spent a good 30 minutes looking for that set. Totally forgot I lent them to you. Felt like such an idiot when my memory came back to me later that day. I had a couple other sets so it wasn't a big deal at all. Just knew I was missing a set a for the life of me I couldn't remember what I had done with them.

Anywho, I trust they will find their way back at some point. Glad they worked for ya.

[Brucker]

Finally found a little more time to go through some more of the photos so I can update this thread.

Bent up and notched the driver's side A pillar/door bar.

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Before we could move on to the passenger side, we needed to remove the factory grab handle. And since we were dismantling something already we also removed factory rear view mirror. This will be replaced by a more modern unit which features a built in compass and temperature gauge. We will be filling in the holes that will be left of with small sheet metal plates.

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[Brucker]

Passenger side A pillar/door bar bent up and notched, ready for install:

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Tack welded into position:

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The next piece needed would be the top windshield cross bar. We rolled and then notched a tube to fit. Here it is pictured next to a straight length for reference

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Then tack welded the tube into place:

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[Brucker]

Bent up and notched the dash bar

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And tack welded that into place:

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And then bent, notched and tacked into place the center roof spreader. Again, bent to allow for the most amount of clearance (headroom) possible:

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[The StRanger]

Very, Very nice !

[Brucker]

Very, Very nice !

Thank you for the kind words

[carpenle]

Looking great! How do you plan your bends? templete or? Are you going to be able to weld the cage fully? Can it be removed? Because it is so tight, I would think welding the top of the joints is going to be impossible, unless it can be removed.

[Brucker]

Looking great! How do you plan your bends? templete or? Are you going to be able to weld the cage fully? Can it be removed? Because it is so tight, I would think welding the top of the joints is going to be impossible, unless it can be removed.

Thanks. And wow, lots of questions. I will try to answer in order.

Most of the bending I do is just pulled outta my butt. I look it over and get a feel for what needs to be done and then start with the cage feet and work from there. Most get eye balled, but sometimes I still have to pull out the angle finder and tape measure. Worst case you can always use tape strung across to get a visual before bending or even a template but that's rare.

As for welding the cage fully, if I didn't, it wouldn't be a proper or even close to safe cage. Never, and I mean never, think it is ok to skip a welding any part of any joint when it comes to structural cages. But I can't give away all my secrets, can I? If I do, then why would anyone ever have to come to me for work to get done?

J/K. The tube work will welded in certain areas, then disassembled into various pieces, then the welding of the unreachable areas will take place. The different pieces will be coated in primer paint (except for the areas that will be effected by any welding still needed), then reinstalled, finished welded, and finished painted. The cage will not be able to be removed from the vehicle once it is fully welded, without cutting something apart.

Hope that this answers your questions.

[Popsgarage]

Hope that this answers your questions.

It does and I didn't even get to ask them. Show how you get the cage out and back in if you can. Nice work as well.:bowdown:

[carpenle]

Thanks a Ton! Did answer all of my questions.

[Atl-atl]

Crickets in here.

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/K8E_zMLCRNg :D

[4Runninfun]

Very good looking work! Watching all the extra bends you're doing to keep things nice and tight is great to see. There isn't a hole lot of room in these cabs to begin with, and keeping as much as possible is important. I agree with you aesthetically I really don't like a full cage being tied into the existing roll bar, better to remove and have a vertical pillar someplace else.

[Brucker]

Very good looking work!

Thank you for the kind words


Crickets in here.

Ahh yes, my apologies. Things are absolutely crazy around the shop lately with other projects, expanding the shop, new equipment and tooling being installed and built, and another VERY cool, but super secret, opportunity I am lucky enough to be a part of. I can not go into more details yet because of the non-disclosure agreement, but will hopefully get to fill everyone in soon!

As for the 4Runner, more progress has been made. I just haven't found the time to upload and process the photos. And to be perfectly honest, it is actually just sitting idle for the moment as the client rolled phase 2 and 3 of the build into this first phase, and we are waiting on more parts. I will try to update more shortly

[Brucker]

Crap. Went to update this thread and found that all the previously posted photo links are dead. So it needs to be redone.

Well, the good news is, after a LONG hiatus, the 4Runner is back in the shop to be completed. Plans have changed some but will fill you all in as the build progresses.

Bad news is, now with the thread needing to be redone, it might be a minute before any new updates. I will go back and start at the beginning of this thread and rebuild it. Should even have the first couple of posts redone tonight.

[Brucker]

Made some headway. Getting closer to caught up by fixing all the old broken links. Should be posting fresh updates this week!

[Brucker]

From here on out the ADHD will be strong in this thread as we finish out this 4Runner. Lots of time has passed since this was last worked on and some aspects have changed. But the final goal is close to the same. Unfortunately, I had a computer drive die and take some of the build photos with it. But onward we go.

There are a couple more cage tubes that need to be put in. Now we focus on a grab handle for the front passenger. We bent and notch a shorter section of small diameter tubing. Then tack welded it into position.

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[Brucker]

Having the rear bumper removed afforded us the opportunity to clean off all the surface rust that had appeared and then get it painted. Photos of removing the bumper and just how much surface rust had gathered are a part of the missing photos, so you will just have to use your imagination.

Here is the freshly cleaned up bumper heading to get painted.

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And with it coated:

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We removed the rear axle and suspension after we added shock tabs to the axle. Then disassembled the rear axle and slid our axle jig inside of it and then welded everything solid. Then reassembled it with the new ARB'ed 5.29 geared third member. These photos are also missing. But here is a photo of the completed axle freshly painted.

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[EKXJ87]

Nice bending work ! what size tube did you using?

[Java]

that is awesome, great work as always. I love the cruiser wheels on it. :thumb:

[Brucker]

Nice bending work ! what size tube did you using?

A mixture of 1" x .065 DOM and HREW, 1.5" x .120" DOM and 1.75 x .120" DOM

[Brucker]

The front bumper still needs a couple of things, one of which has been bugging me for a while. And that area is the recessed light mounts. What I had thought would look decent in concept, just ended up looking wrong. But that’s custom work (and life, right?). Sometimes you hit a home run, and sometimes you strike out. I struck out in this case. So only thing to do is fixing it. The problem I had was that each pocket wasn’t a square. The upper inner corner of each pocket protruded in some. I didn’t think this would be as noticeable as it turned out to be when I was first putting this together and designing on the fly.

Here is a look at how it was:

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So we clamp the bumper into the mill in order to remove the unwanted material.

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And then re positioned the bumper to mill the opposite side:

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[Brucker]

Start filling in the missing sections to make a true rectangle:

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And with the lights being test fit:

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[dieseldoc]

nice work. I hope Andrew(moose) gets his bump thread started soon.
Its been a slow procces as my time is limited but it has turned out well.

[Brucker]

Added a little finishing touch to the D ring holders/bottom gussets. Before:


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After a little work:

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Then move on to add some weld washers onto the winch mounting holes. This will add significant strength without much weight.

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[Brucker]

One of the last items to be done is to finish off the backbone. To do this we add a couple wire gussets to each side.

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Last steps will be to tie it into the shock hoops and then paint.

[96EXXLTinCO]

Nice work man. Can wait to see it painted.......or are you powdercoating? How many hours total you think you have in just the bumper?

[Jim]

How many hours total you think you have in just the bumper?

That is the q on my mind.
(not that it needs to be answered)

[EKXJ87]

Nice work man. Can wait to see it painted.......or are you powdercoating? How many hours total you think you have in just the bumper?

Hours?? My bet is that his reply come back days lol

[96EXXLTinCO]

Hours?? My bet is that his reply come back days lol
Touche!! LOL. Just morbid curiosity being a fabricator myself. I can't think of anything I've ever built with that much custom fabrication. May have to give something like that a try if I ever find a winch. I seem to recall a pretty nice lookin bumper you had up for sale?

[Brucker]

Nice work man. Can wait to see it painted.......or are you powdercoating? How many hours total you think you have in just the bumper?

Bumper is getting painted, just as it states in the previous posts ;) This one is not getting anything powdercoated as it would be too difficult to touch up. This rig will be wheeled and if I know the owner as well as I think I do, it will need to be touched up....

Hours are at just over 50 but that doesn't include any paint or prep yet.

And everyone is seeing the photos ok? All the other forums I posted in where complaining of dead links....

[96EXXLTinCO]

I didn't see a most in the 2nd to last post and none in the last earlier, but I can see them now.


This rig will be wheeled and if I know the owner as well as I think I do, it will need to be touched up....

If it's got paint on the bottom................you're doing it wrong!! I gotta agree on the powder coat, I haven't found it to be any more durable than paint and like you said, hard to touch up. I'm going to be playing with some plasti dip on various things soon, not too hard to touch up from what I hear? We'll see. Nice work though, I really like it.

[The StRanger]

Aaron. Your work is always top quality. What most folk would call good, you fix.....
Top job Aaron. Keep up the good work

[Jim]

Pix seem to be flowing for me... (and the workmanship looks nice)

[Brucker]

Slow on the updates as I am still experiences some computer issues and don’t feel like trying to update from a phone.

Works continues as we focus on the front shock hoops. The hoops themselves will be tied into the front bumper and the A pillar body mount, as well as to the frame like normal. They will also be tied into the A pillar cage mount. This will not only add strength to the frame, but add more to the bumper and the entire front half of the chassis.

A look at the factory shock mounts:

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Cut the stock mounts off and cleaned up the frame rails:

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Before we cut the inner fenders to make room for the hoops, we clean up the Trail Gear shock hoops. As the arrived:

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Cleaned up a little:

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Cut the inner fenders to clear the shock hoops, then tack welded them into position using mock up shocks.

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[Brucker]

The A pillar body mount sits directly over the front spring shackle mount. The new longer shackles can come into contact under great articulation, and are known to get snagged against rocks when wheeling, so we remove a couple inches off the lower part of the mount.

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Cut and cleaned up:

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Then cut the front inner fenders to make room to tie the hoops into the front bumper:

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Added a tube to tie the hoops into the body mounts

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And another to tie into the front bumper

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[Brucker]

Layout the bolt on mounts for the bumper to keep it removable.

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Removed the bumper to drill and tap the bumper

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Finish the layout on the bumper and center punch the holes to be drilled and tapped. Clean up the welds for the mounts to sit flat. Then drill and tap the holes and fasten the mounting plates to the bumper.

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[Brucker]

Mounted the bumper once again and tack welded the tubes to the mounting plates:

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We modify the center tube gussets that came with the hoops. They are angle cut on the ends to opposing 45* angles. But neither end is correctly notched for round tubing. So we notch on end of each of the gussets and tack them into position

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[Jim]

Thanks for kick'n the pix. I enjoy seeing the progress of workmanship that looks good!

[96EXXLTinCO]

Thanks for kick'n the pix. I enjoy seeing the progress of workmanship that looks good!
X2!! I love seeing everyone's fab projects. Really makes me miss doing it for a living. Keep those pics comin!!

[Java]

Aaron. Your work is always top quality. What most folk would call good, you fix.....
Top job Aaron. Keep up the good work

This. All the top notch fab aside (those welds!!) I love the TWO first aid kits and fire extinguisher on the wall, and the clean floor. Sloppy shop = sloppy work. You've set the bar on this forum. :thumb:

[EKXJ87]

Very clean work, and my ADD personality likes the clean shop as well !

[Brucker]

Very clean work, and my ADD personality likes the clean shop as well !

Lol, my ADHD loves all the different equipment and tooling in the shop. My OCD loves the clean shop.

[Brucker]

Even with as clean of a body as this 4Runner has, it still has some issues with rust. Same old spots, the rear fenders. Now is the best time to get after them and make this truly a clean rig. Here is a look at the rear fenders. Driver's side:

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[Brucker]

Removed about an inch from the rear fenders. This removed the majority of the rust in question, except for the bad areas in the lower corners. We will deal with those in a bit.

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Then we prepped the area more in order to cut and fold the fenders in order to enlarge the wheel openings a bit.

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Then made a series of vertical cuts to start the cut and fold process.

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And start the folding process:

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Once finished, not only will all the rust be removed, the wheel well will get a bit more clearance from the tries. About an inch and a half extra to be exact. Here is a measurement from a stock 4Runner rear fender:

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And with the folded fender now:

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[Patrolman]

Nice fender work! It is good time to spend doing now to avoid further rust damage. Nothing is worse that fixing rust.

I also see a cordless Ridgid drill in the background on one of the earlier pics. Love mine even though it is nothing fancy. Mine has the Lifetime Warranty, and so far I have had the chuck and both batteries replaced under warranty. I absolutely love it and plan to keep it essentially forever.